02 March 2014

undies template and tutorial

Well today, I'm revisiting the process of making the undies and sharing the template and tutorial so you can make a pair or two or three of your own. (for those of you who adore the t-shirt, keep your eyes peeled for the pattern in my upcoming book with Interweave later this fall/winter!)

The undies pattern is a mix of a template and improv-ish sewing, and you can whip up a pair in about 10 minutes.

2. Lay your main undie fabric right side up on the accent fabric and and use your rotary cutter to cut a piece of accent fabric that fits perfectly in each leg hole. Make sure you give yourself an extra 1/2'' or more to work with at the beginning and end.

3. Cut a 3/4'' strip of accent fabric and sew it to the top edge of the undies.

4. Sew the accent fabric onto each leg hole then press. I use my 1/4'' foot as a guide when doing this. As you can see from the photos, I don't pin, but scissor the fabric together as I sew. If you're more comfortable using pins, go for it!

5. Trim each leghole accent fabric to 3/8''. I use my hemguide to help mark the fabric then trim with a rotary cutter.

6. Lay your undies right side up on top of your background fabric and repeat step 2 for each leghole and sew each piece in place.

7. Square up your block so it is 2 3/4''X 4 5/8''.

8. Add 1'' strips of background fabric to each side then to the top and bottom of the block.

my my Penny, this is so freaking awesome. My girls would just giggle!!!! I love these, so hard. And the 'caution chickie' is the best fussy cut, EVAR!!! ps, you must tell me the scoop on the gray gingham..